“I hope that our great vice president comes through for us. He’s a respected constitutional scholar,” Trump told Pence, according to the book “Peril” by Robert Costa and Bob Woodward. Costa and Woodward describe the scene: Pence telling Trump that experts flatly rejected the president’s plan, Trump shouting, “No, no, no!” in response. Trump telling Pence that if he failed to go ahead with the plan, Trump would no longer be his friend. “I’m not getting in the car, Tim,” Pence told the agent Tim Giebels — the same agent who had received Short’s warning the day before.

Source: Washington Post June 04, 2022 02:50 UTC